Rutger "Rut" Johnson

Rutger “Rut” Johnson BIRTH 1669 New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA DEATH 21 Mar 1749 (aged 79–80) Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA BURIAL Johnson Family Cemetery Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey

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Rutger Johnson (Jansen) was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church of New York, NY, 16 Nov. 1669, the son of Jan Wouterse Van Bosch and his wife Wyntje Rutgers. He married Annetje Gerrits on 12 Apr. 1699 at Bergen, Bergen Co., East New Jersey. They settled in what became the Western Precinct of Somerset Co., NJ (now Princeton, Mercer Co.), where Rutger purchased 550 acres along Stony Brook in 1716. He was referred to as a yeoman.

Children Eve Johnson Hoff 1701–1757

John Johnson 1704–1752

Winifred Johnson Hoff 1705 – unknown

Photo Ann Johnson Updike 1705–1762

Photo Garret Johnson 1708–1766

Mary Johnson Schenck 1715–1767

Photo Elizabeth Johnson Couwenhoven 1716–1789

WOUTERS, JAN, of Flh, a master-shoemaker, b. 1638.

Owned salt-meadows in Flh in 1667. July 2, 1678, he hired

out his s. Ruth (Rutgert) Janse, ag. 8 years, to his brother-in-

law Lourens Jurianse for 8 years to do all kinds of service

proper for a lad; Jurianse to board, clothe, and send to

evening school said lad, and at the end of the term to furnish

him with a good Sunday and every-day suit of garments 

of linen and woollen and also a milch-cow, as per p. 30

of Lib. AA of Flh rec. Aug. 16, 1680,-p. 394

  Rutger owned land in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties in NJ under the name "Rut Johnson."

Birth:  1669 New York New York County (Manhattan) New York, USA Death:  Mar. 21, 1749 Princeton Mercer County New Jersey, USA

Rutger Johnson (Jansen) was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church of New York, NY, 16 Nov. 1669, the son of Jan Wouterse Van Bosch and his wife Wyntje Rutgers. He married Annetje Gerrits on 12 Apr. 1699 at Bergen, Bergen Co., East New Jersey. They settled in what became the Western Precinct of Somerset Co., NJ (now Princeton, Mercer Co.), where Rutger purchased 550 acres along Stony Brook in 1716. He was referred to as a yeoman.   
Family links:   Spouse:   Annetje Gerrits Johnson (1676 - 1754)  
 Children:   Eve Johnson Hoff (1701 - 1757)*   John Johnson (1704 - 1752)*   Winifred Johnson Hoff (1705 - ____)*   Ann Johnson Updike (1705 - 1762)*   Garret Johnson (1708 - 1766)*   Mary Johnson Schenck (1715 - 1767)*   Elizabeth Johnson Couwenhoven (1716 - 1789)*  

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Burial: Johnson Family Cemetery Princeton Mercer County New Jersey, USA   Created by: Joseph R. Klett Record added: Jun 15, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 112335276

"Rutger Johnson (Jansen) was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church of New York, NY, 16 Nov. 1669, the son of Jan Wouterse Van Bosch, and his wife, Wyntje Rutgers. He married Annetje Gerrits on 12th April, 1699, at Bergen, Bergen County, East New Jersey. They settled in what became the Western Precinct of Somerset County, New Jersey, (now Princeton, Mercer County), where Rutger purchased 550 acres along Stony Brook in 1716. He was referred to as a yeoman."